Baling-press.



W. M. HIGHTOWER.

1 BALING PRESS.

APPLIOATION IILED MAY 3, 1911.

1,004,025; Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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by W I Attorneys IOLUMIIA PLANOGIAP" CO.,WA5HINGTON D C W. M. HIGHTOWER.

BALING PRESS. I APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, MIL

1,004,025. Patented 801111.26, 1911.

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' Inventor Attorneys EOLUHIIA PLANOOIAP" CO. WASHINGTON, D C.

whereby said oppositely rotating means are;

w connection with double presses although salclf and easy to operate.

1 parting from the spirit of the invention.

in section. Fig. 2 is-a plan view of the perspective view of the engaging portions of i i J secured to the lower .end portions of these To all whom it may concern:

WILLIAM M. HIGI-ITOWER, OF WASKOM, TEXAS.

BALING-PRESS.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HIGH- TOWER, a citizen of the United States, resid- 5 ing at Waskom, in the county of Harrison? and State of Texas, have invented ,a new and useful Baling-Press, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baling presses and more particularly to means for operating the plunger of a press.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide separate means adapted to rotate in opposite directions for successively en-; gaging and actuating a pivoted power transmitting member, mechanism being provided actuated during the continuous rotation of a power shaft in one direction.

A further object is to provide power} mechanism particularly adapted for use in mechanism is equally effective where used? in connection with single presses. I

.A further object is to provide power: mechanism which is compact in construction a With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combi- 3 nation and arrangement of parts and in the;

- details of construction hereinafter described? and claimed it being understood that; changes in the precise embodiment of the: invention herein disclosed can be made with l in the scope of what is claimed without def l In the accompanying drawings the pre- 1 Tferred form of the invention has been shown. g

In said drawings :Figure l is a side elevation of the machine, the press being shown E power mechanism, the end portions of the; press being broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical transverse section through; the power mechanism. Fig. 4 is an enlarged the actuating arm and the plunger operating? lever. Fig. 5 1s a plan view of a portlon of aslightly modified form of. structure for use 5 1 other gear similar to gear 27 is mounted on where single presses are employed.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a cross sill having posts 2 upstanding from the ends thereof and supporting a cross beam 3 secured to the upper ends of the posts. Side strips 4 are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fi1ed May 3, 1911.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911. Serial No. 624,806.

3 posts and converge toward and are secured to a central post 5. Side strips 6 are secured to the upper end of the post 5 and diverge therefrom and are attached to the upper ends of the posts 2. These side strips and posts thus form a frame for carrying the power mechanism of the baling press. A central beam 7 is secured to the post 5 and extends midway between the ends of the 1 sill 1, this beam being of any desired length and being fixed relative to the baling press 8. Said baling press is provided with two alining compression chambers or press boxes 9 and a plunger 10 is mounted to reciprocate within each press box, the two plungers being connected by a bar 11. A supporting structure 12 is secured to and extends from the center of one side of the baling press and pivotally mounted thereon is a'lever 13 one end portion of which has a longitudinal slot let slidably engaged by a connecting bolt 15 or the like extending i from the middle portion of the bar 11. A

head 16 is secured to the other end of the lever and is preferably in the form of upwardly and downwardly extending wings. A guide and supporting table 17 extends transversely under the lever 13 and has a curved track 18 thereon on which the lever is designed to bear. Guide sheaves 19 are preferably supported adjacent the ends of the table and cables 20 are mounted on these sheaves and are connected to opposite sides of lever 13, each cable carrying a Weight 21, the two weights normally resting on the ground. lVhen, however, the lever is shifted out of its normal position, one of the weights will be lifted and will thus operate to restore the lever to its normal position.

A hearing block 22 is secured upon the middle portion of the sill l and a vertical shaft 23 bears downwardly on this block and has its lower end portion cylindrical, as indicated at 24.. The hub 26 of a gear 27 is mounted for rotation upon this cylindrical portion 24 and bears downwardly on the block 22, anti-friction devices such as indicated at 28, being preferably interposed between the hub and the bearing block. An-

the shaft 23, as indicated at 29, this gear 29 being disposed oppositely to the gear 27 and having an angular opening 30 therein through which the shaft projects, that portion of the shaft within the opening being also angular, as shown at 31. The upper portion of the shaft 23 is angular as shown at 32 and is secured within a gear 33. Said shaft has a cylindrical portion 34 between the gears 29 and 33 and which bears within the cross beam 3.

An intermediate cross beam 35 is secured at its ends to the posts 2 and extends between the gears 27 and 29, this cross beam having openings 36 therein and in which are journaled beveled gears 37, each gear meshing with both of the gears 27 and 29 and the two gears 37 being arranged at diametrically opposed points upon the gears 27 and 29.

A shaft 38 is journaled on the top cross beam 3 and has a bevel gear 39 at one end meshing with gear 33 while a drive pulley 40 or the like is secured to the other end of the shaft.

The gear 27 has radial arms 41 thereunder and extending from the hub 26 and these arms can either be formed integral with or can be secured to the gear, it being understood that, if desired, this gear may be made up of segments detachably secured to the radial arms. Gear 29 is similarly provided with radial arms 42 extending from the hub of said gear. One of the arms 41 has an actuating arm 43 extending therefrom and carrying a roller 44 at its free end and another arm 45 extends from one of the arms 42 of the upper gear and has a roller 46 journaled in its free end, the two arms 45 and 43 being extended in opposite directions.

It will be apparent that when shaft 23 is rotated the gear 29 will revolve therewith and motion will therefore be transmitted therefrom through gears 37 to the gear 27 which is loosely mounted on the cylindrical portion 24 of the shaft 23. It will be obvious, therefore, that the two gears 27 and 29 will rotate in opposite directions at the same speed and as the arms 45 and 43 move with these gears 29 and 27, it will be seen that said arms will simultaneously move in opposite directions about the same axis. The roller on one of said arms will strike one face of the head 16 and thus shift the lever 13in one direction so as to direct one of the plungers into its press box. If there is not sufficient material within the press box to cause the plunger to slightly rebound, the elevated weight 21 will start the lever 13 back to its normal position as soon as the head 16 is disengaged from the roller actuating it. Immediately subsequent to this disengagement, the roller onthe other revolving arm of the operating mechanism will move against the head and swing the lever in the opposite direction, thus shifting the plunger so as to compress material within the other press box. Obviously, therefore, the continuous rotation of the shaft 23 in one direction will result in the simultaneous rotation of the arms 43 and 45 in opposite directions and the oscillation of lever 13, this lever causing the plungers 10 to reciprocate and successively compress material within the two press boxes.

It is to be understood of course that, if desired, one of the press boxes may be eliminated, in which event compression will only take place during the strokes of the plunger in one direction. The same mechanism, however, can be used in connection with a single press as is used in connection with a double press.

It will be apparent, of course, that in lieu of utilizing the pulley 40 and shaft 33 and gears 39 and 33, a sweep may be secured to the upper end portion 32 of shaft 23 and operated by horse power.

When a single press is in use, cushioning springs, such as have been indicated at 50 in Fig. 5 are preferably employed, these springs serving to throw the lever 13 back into posit-ion to be engaged by the arm 43.

Any suitable means may be utilized for holding the press against movement while in operation. In Fig. 1 a stake has been shown driven through one end portion of the structure and into the ground, this stake being indicated at 51.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. The combination with a member mounted for oscillation, and a plunger adapted to be actuated by said member, of an actuating shaft, and means operated by said shaft during its rotation in one direcf tion, for successively engaging said oscillating member to operate it. p

2. The combination with a plunger operating member mounted for oscillation, of separate operating arms, a power shaft, and

means operated by said shaft during its rotation in one direction, for simultaneously moving the arms in opposite directions about the same axis to successively engage and to oscillate said plunger operating member.

3. The combination with a plunger actuating lever, of an operating shaft, and means operated by said shaft during its rotation in one direction, for successively engaging opposite faces of the lever to oscillate said lever.

4. The combination with a plunger operating lever, of a drive shaft, arms radiating therefrom, and means operated by the shaft during its rotation in one direction, for simultaneously rotating the arms in opposite directions about the axis of the shaft to successively direct said arms against opposite faces respectively of the lever to oscillate the lever. v

5. The combination with a plunger actuating lever, of a power shaft, arms mounted to move in circles about the axis of the shaft, means operated by the shaft during its rotation in one direction for simultaneously moving said arms in'opposite directions, and means upon the arms for successively engaging the lever to oscillate the same.

6. The combination with a plunger operating lever, of a power shaft, arms mounted to travel in circular paths about the shaft and in parallel planes, and means operated by the shaft during its rotation in one direction, for simultaneously moving the arms in opposite directions and successively into engagement with the lever to oscillate said lever.

7. The combination with a plunger operating lever and yielding means for holding the lever normally in a predetermined position, of a power shaft, arms mounted to travel in circles concentric with the shaft and in parallel planes, means operated by the shaft during its rotation in one direction for simultaneously moving the arms at the same speed in opposite directions, and means upon the arms for successively engaging opposed faces of the lever to oscil- -2 late said lever.

8. The combination with actuating arms, and means for simultaneously swinging said arms in parallel planes about a common axis and in opposite directions, of a plunger actuating lever having one end portion projecting into the path of and adapted to be successively actuated by said arms.

9. The combination with operating arms and means for simultaneously rotating the arms in opposite directions about a common axis and in parallel planes, of a plunger operating lever and yielding means for holding one end portion of the lever normally in the path of the arms.

10. The combination with a plunger actuating lever of a shaft, means for rotating the shaft, a gear mounted for rotation on the shaft,another gear revoluble with the shaft, said gears being oppositely disposed, means interposed between the gears for transmitting motion to the loose gear from the other gear, and an arm extending from and movable with each gear, said arms being movable in opposite directions successively into engagement with the lever to oscillate said lever.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. HIGHTOWVER.

WVitnesses:

P. D. PI-iILmrs, Z. ABNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

